Starch and microbial α-amylases: from concepts to biotechnological applications

A El-Fallal, MA Dobara, A El-Sayed… - … studies on glycobiology …, 2012 - books.google.com
Starch is a polymer of glucose linked to one another through the C1 oxygen, known as the
glycosidic bond. Amylases are capable of digesting these glycosidic linkages found in …

Toward a more comprehensive view of α-amylase across decapods crustaceans

L Rodríguez-Viera, D Alpízar-Pedraza, JM Mancera… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Decapod crustaceans live in practically all marine, freshwater, and semi-
terrestrial habitats on Earth, and exhibit a remarkable variation in their feeding behavior …

Secretome analysis of the mycoparasitic fungus Trichoderma harzianum ALL 42 cultivated in different media supplemented with Fusarium solani cell wall or glucose

MHS Ramada, AS Steindorff, C Bloch Jr… - Proteomics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Trichoderma harzianum is a fungus well known for its potential as a biocontrol agent against
many fungal phytopathogens. The aim of this study was to characterize the proteins secreted …

Microbial α-amylases in the industrial extremozymes

AZ Putri, T Nakagawa - Reviews in Agricultural Science, 2020 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Amylase is part of an enzyme group that hydrolyzes starch, and many amylases are
commercially used for starch hydrolysis in several industrial processes. For industrial …

Purification and characterization of a novel cold adapted fungal glucoamylase

M Carrasco, J Alcaíno, V Cifuentes, M Baeza - Microbial cell factories, 2017 - Springer
Background Amylases are used in various industrial processes and a key requirement for
the efficiency of these processes is the use of enzymes with high catalytic activity at ambient …

Crystal structures of Trichoderma reesei β-galactosidase reveal conformational changes in the active site

M Maksimainen, N Hakulinen, JM Kallio… - Journal of structural …, 2011 - Elsevier
We have determined the crystal structure of Trichoderma reesei (Hypocrea jecorina) β-
galactosidase (Tr-β-gal) at a 1.2 Å resolution and its complex structures with galactose, IPTG …

High‐Yield Endoglucanase Production by Trichoderma harzianum IOC‐3844 Cultivated in Pretreated Sugarcane Mill Byproduct

AM de Castro, MC Ferreira, JC da Cruz… - Enzyme …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The low‐cost production of cellulolytic complexes presenting high action at mild conditions
and well‐balanced cellulase activities is one of the major bottlenecks for the economical …

Structural and functional characterization of three novel fungal amylases with enhanced stability and pH tolerance

C Roth, OV Moroz, JP Turkenburg, E Blagova… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Amylases are probably the best studied glycoside hydrolases and have a huge
biotechnological value for industrial processes on starch. Multiple amylases from fungi and …

The roles of AMY1 copies and protein expression in human salivary α-amylase activity

ZM Yang, J Lin, LH Chen, M Zhang, WW Chen… - Physiology & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Salivary α-amylase (sAA) activity has been extensively investigated in nutrition and
psychology. But few studies were performed to assess the role played by sAA gene (AMY1) …

Age differences of salivary alpha-amylase levels of basal and acute responses to citric acid stimulation between Chinese children and adults

ZM Yang, LH Chen, M Zhang, J Lin, J Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
It remains unclear how salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) levels respond to mechanical stimuli in
different age groups. In addition, the role played by the sAA gene (AMY1) copy number and …